Matilda Giovannetti

passed away April 26, 2013 at the age of 85. Grandmother to Gary Giovanetti Jr., Juli O'Rourke, Monte Giovanetti, Cheryl Neswick, David Neswick, and Jerry

Campbell. She also has 8

great-grandsons. Other family members who will miss her are her daughter-in-law Joyce Giovanetti and son-in-law Ron Baker. She is also survived by her 95 year old sister, Frieda Stoltz from Montana. Better known to all as "Tillie", she lived in Stockton for more than 65 years. Tillie worked her entire adulthood until she was 84 years old. Most Stocktonians know Tillie from when she and her husband owned Giovannetti's Deli/Webbs Bakery. Tillie never said no to anyone who wanted to place an order, no matter how busy the Christmas and Thanksgiving seasons got. She enjoyed country and jazz music and she loved to dance with her beloved husband. Her son took over as her dance partner, after Lino's passing in 1996. Tillie loved jokes and would start laughing before she ever heard the punch line. Her laugh was contagious so much so that anyone listening to the same joke would start laughing right along with her. Tillie was born in a little town called Laurel, Montana, where she and her 11 siblings lived in a small 3 bedroom farm house. She left Montana and moved to Washington where she met the love of her life at a USO dance. She and Lino settled in Stockton where he was born and raised. They were married for almost 50 years before Lino's passing.

Friends and family are invited to attend a rosary service Wednesday evening, 6:00 pm at Casa

Bonita Funeral Home, 2500

Cemetery Ln, Stockton, CA 95204. There will be no visitation. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at the Cathedral of the Annunciation, 425 W. Rose St., Stockton, CA on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 10:00 am. Family invites those attending to a gathering after the funeral at the Venetian Garden Club House, 1555 Mosaic Way, 95207 for food/refreshments and wonderful conversations of Tillie's life. Burial services will follow at the San

Joaquin Catholic Cemetery at

2:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, please

contribute to SPCA. Tillie would like that very much!

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